Manufacture of new disazodyestuffs



Patented Jan. 6, 1 931 UNITEsTArs rsr oFricE ALFRED GRESSLY, 0EFRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN-MAINKUR, GERMANY, ssrenoa T0 GENERAL ANILINEWORKS, 11m, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A ooaroEArmnoE DELA- WARE MANUFACTURE OFNEW DISAZODYESTUFFS N0 Drawing. Application filed June 13, 1928, SerialNo. 285,223, and in- Germany June 17, 1927.

I have found that new and valuable disazodyestufis are obtained bycombining an aryl amideof 2,3-hydroxynaphthoic acid of the generalformula:

wherein R means an arylresidue which may be substituted, with adiazotized aminoazocompound of the general formula:

and X means a sulfonic or a carboxylic acid group. The new dyestuffscorrespond to the general formula: V

on CONH.R

N=N [Ba-N-N-R: -SXOaH wherein R, R R and X have the aforesaidsignification. They dye wool blue to bluish black shades of agood,fastness to washing, hot-pressing and light. The dyeingsmay beafterchromed, if the dyestuffs applied 7 contain the well known groupssuitable for this aftertreatment.

In order to further illustrate'my invention the following examples aregiven, the parts being by weight and all temperatures in centigradedegrees, but it is understood, that my invention is not limited to theparticular products or reacting conditions mentioned therein.

Example 1 i The diazocompound of 22.3 parts of l-aminonaphthalene4i-sulfonic acid is coupled in the usual manner with 24.5 parts of thesodium salt of 1-amino-naphthalene-7 sulfonic acid and the formedamino-azo-compound is dissolved in the form of its (ii-sodium salt inabout 1000 parts of water. The solution is acidified with 45 parts ofhydrochloric acid of19 B. and diazotized at about 5 with 6.9 parts ofsodium nitrite. Then the diazo may be substituted by inonovalent groupsidide, 24; parts of caustic soda solution of 40, B. and 20 parts ofsoda,warmed at 20-25%. After some hours'the coupling is finished. Then themass is warmed at 70, the dyestufli is precipitated by addition ofcommon salt and isolated in the usual manner.

It corresponds probably to the formula:

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It represents when dry a black powder, soluble in warm water'withaviolet tint, which turns blue in the hot by the addition of a I dilutecaustic soda solution and becomes again violet in the cold. It dissolvesin concentrated sulfuric acid with a dirty green tint which solutionturns whendiluted with water at first blue, then violet blackwhileseparating the dyestuff. "It produces on wool from an acid bath bluishblack dyeings of a good fastness. When starting instead from1-amino-naphthalene-7-sulfonic acid T from thetechnical mixture of thel-amino-naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid and 7 -sulfonic acid, a dyestuff ofanalogous properties isobtained.

Ewample 2 30.3 parts of 1-amino-naphthaline-3-6-di- 'sulfonic acid arediazotized and coupled in the known manner with 14.3 parts of a-naph-'an alkaline aqueous solution containing 26.3 parts of2-hydroxyenaphthalene-3-cai'boXylic acid anilide, 24: 'parts of acaustic soda solution of 40 B and "20 parts of soda. After some hoursthe mixture is warmed at (SO- and the dyestuffis precepitated byaddition of common salt. It corresponds to the formula:

- It is soluble in warm water with a violet blue tint turning violet byaddition of a caustic soda solution and cooling down. Itdissolves inconcentrated sulfuric acid with a blue tint turning at first dirty bluewhen diluted with water, then violet while separating the dye- 7 stuff.It dyes wool from an acid bath bluish blacksha'des of a good fastne'ss.

When the l-am1no nap'hthalene-3 6-disul- 'fonic acid is replaced by thel-amino-naphthalene -'37-disulfonic'aoid or'bythe technical mixture ofthe two acids, a dyestuif of nearly the same properties is obtained.More violet dyeing products are obtained when 7 naphthylaini'ne isreplaced by eresidine or p xylidine. i t Y Example 3 15.8 parts 10f.p-amino-salicylio acid are diazotize'd land coupled in the known mannerwith 24.5 parts of the sodium salt of l-aminonaphthalene7-sulfonic acid.The mono-a20- compound'thus formed is dissolved by addition of 13.5parts of caustic soda solution 40 B. and mixed with 8.6 parts of sodiumnitrite. This solution is allowed to run while well stirring into amixture of 48.5 parts of hydrochloric acid ((1: 1.15) and ice water thetemperature not exceeding 5". The diaz o comp'oun d separates as a brownprecipitate. ,To this suspension a solution of 10 parts of calcinatedsoda in about 300 parts of water and then'a. solution of 26.3 parts ofEZ-hydroxy 7 naphthalene 3 carbo'xylio acid anilide in 22.7 parts ofcaustic soda solution 40 Be. and about 400 parts of water is added. Thetemperature is maintained during the coupling at about 10 by means ofice. 7 After '34 hoursstirring the dyestufiis warmed at 50-60",precipitated by addition of a common salt solution, filtered 0E andwashed with dilute salt water.

The new dyestuff corresponds to the for- It represents when dry a blackpowder soluble in water with a violet blue tint turning blue by additionof caustic soda solution. It dissolves in concentrated sulfuric acidwith a green tint. It dyes wool from an acetic acid bath blue shades ora good 'f'astness being darkened when aft'ertreat'ed with a chromate.

Chromable dyestuffs of similar properties are obtained whenortho-hydroxy-arylamines,

for instance nitro-ortho-aminophenols or wherein R means aryl which maybe substituted, with a diazo'tized amino-azo-compound of the generalformula:

wherein R and R mean aryl residues which may be substitutedbymono'valent groups and X means a sulfonic or a. carboxylic acid group.

'2. A process which comprises combining an arylamide of2,3-hydroxynaphthoic acid with "a diazotized a-mino-azo-compound of theformula:

coon

i 7 70311 3. As new products the disazodyestufl's of the generalformula:

wherein R, R and R means aryl-residues which may be substituted bymonovalent groups and X means a sulfon'i'c or a carboxylic acid group,whichproducts are when dry black powders soluble in water'with violettints, dyeing wool from an acid bath blue to black shades.

4;; As a new product the disazodyestufi of the formula:

on co-NEG which product-represents when dry a black powder soluble inwater with aviolet blue" tint turning blue by addition of caustic sodasolution, dissolves in concentrated sulfuric acid with a reen tint anddyes wool from an acetic acid bath blue shades of a good fastness beingdarkened when after treated with a chromate. V

' In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

ALFRED GRESSLY.

